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Tephrosia candida (Roxb.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia candida (Roxb.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Cracca candida (Roxb.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Kiesera candida (DC.)Reinw. {Synonym}
    Kiesera sericea Blume {Synonym}
    Robinia candida Roxb. {Synonym}
    Robinia sericea C.Presl {Synonym}
    Xiphocarpus candidus Endl. {Synonym}
    Xiphocarpus martinicensis C.Presl {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Boga-medeloa [4751]; Indigo Blanc [1915]; Kulthi [3030]; Lashita [3030]; Masethi [3030]; Terfrosia [1414]; White Tephrosia [1974, 3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Cameroon (I) [212]; Ghana (I) [8]; Kenya (I) [210]; Malawi (I) [8]; Mozambique (I) [8]; Sao Tome (I) [1056]; Sierra Leone (I) [212]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Uganda (I) [210]; Zaire (I) [8]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; China (I) [2884]; Fujian [2884]; Guangdong [2884]; Guangxi [2884]; Yunnan [2884]; India (N) [210, 1914, 3009, 3017, 3019, 3029, 3039, 3040, 3092, 3094, 3366, 3376, 3402]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3039]; Bihar [3039]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3039]; Madhaya Pradesh [3029]; Maharashtra [3019]; Manipur [3039]; Meghalaya [3039]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Rajasthan [3039]; Sikkim [3039]; Tamil Nadu [3039]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3039]; West Bengal [3039]; Indonesia (I) [1974]; Jawa (N) [1974]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [1974]; Malaysia (I) [1974]; Moluccas (N) [1974]; Myanmar (I) [1914, 1974]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [1974]; Philippines (I) [1974]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957]; Sulawesi (N) [1974]; Sumatera (N) [1974]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261, 1974]
  Caribbean
Dominican Republic (I) [2157]; Jamaica (I) [1056]; Puerto Rico (I) [2157]; St Lucia (I) [1056]
  Central America
Honduras (I) [1725]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [1982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (I) [261]; Hawaii (I) [1056, 1974, 2157]; New Zealand(North) (I) [1974]; New Zealand(South) (I) [1974]; Niue (U) [2266]; Solomon Is (I) [261]
  South America
Brazil (I) [1414, 1725]; Colombia (I) [1725]; Peru (I) [2090]; Surinam (I) [1725]; Venezuela (I) [1725]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 1056, 1430, 1725, 1790, 1915, 1919, 1947, 1974, 2157, 2884, 3386, 3402] ; Illustration [261, 1430, 1974, 2884, 3386, 3593]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1974] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Herb [1974], Shrub [1915] [1974] [3402], Tree [1974] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1974] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ200

  
USES:
  Environmental [210, 261, 1915, 1957, 1974, 3884]; Medicine [3034]; Toxins [52, 210, 261, 1915, 1947, 1974, 3030, 3402]

  
NOTES:
  Native of India. []
  Native to S.E. Asia, India and Madagascar. [3402]

  
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